Purva Pradesh was a proposed merger of the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar. The proposal was promoted by the States Reorganisation Commission in 1955 and led to widespread protests. It was scrapped following the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "West Bengal—Bihar Merger: Hallahal follows Amrit !" (PDF). Economic & Political Weekly. 24 March 1954.
  2. ^ Sarkar, Shamita (2013). "The role of the Communists in the Anti Bengal—Bihar Merger Agitation". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 74: 921–924. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44158893 – via JSTOR.



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